Pendant for stem-winding watches



- J. T. ROSSETTI. Pendant for Stem-Winding Watches.

No. 225,874. Patented Mar. 23,1880.

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JOHN T. ROSSETTI, OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS.

PENDANT FOR STEM-WINDING WATCHES.

SPECIFICATION forming parts of Letters Patent No. 225,874, dated March 23, 1880.

7 Application filed May 19, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. RossETTI, of Brownsville, in the county of Cameron and State of Texas, have invented a new anl Improved Pendant for Stem-Winding Watches, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a pendant for a watch which can be turned in every direction and can be screwed into the watch-case. The pendants made heretofore could be turned forward and backward in one direction only, and were not screwed into the case, but soldered to it, and were "ery liable to break off.

The invention consists in combining a ring having eyelets, a ring having studs provided with nuts, and a pendant, as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front view. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section; Fig. 3, a detail horizontal cross-section and top view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a watch-case, into which the pendant D is screwed.

G is a piece of metal soldered to the case to give it greater strength. It is provided with a threaded hole, through which the screw of the pendant passes.

13 is the ring of the pendant. The same is provided with two eyelets, N N, through which the studs or pins P 1? pass. These studs 1? are fastened to a solid piece, E, having a hole in its center, through which the pendant passes, and can be rotated in the horizontal plane. To prevent the eyelets N N from slipping off of the studs, the ends of the studs are right threaded and the nuts L L screwed onto the same. To prevent the nuts from unscrewing, small left-threaded screws M M are screwed into the ends of the studs P, as shown in Fig.3.

0 is a ring interposed between G and E, and furnishes a bearing for E.

O is the winder, and F is a small shaft, which is fastened to it, and forms a connection between the winder and the mechanism in the case. To prevent the winder and the shaft from being drawn out or falling out of the pendant, the shaft is grooved at K, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. A small screw, H, passes through the piece G and the threaded part of the pendant, and projects into the groove K, holding the shaft and winder in place, but also permitting the same to be turned as may be necessary.

It is evident that this pendant has very great advantages which the old style of pendant does not possess. The parts are all screwed together, and, as no soldering is used, they can very easily be taken apart for repair and like purposes. The pendant being screwed into the case, it has a very firm hold, and there is no liability of its becoming detached from the same. As the ring B can be moved in the vertical plane, and the ring F1, to which it is attached, can be rotated in the horizontal plane, the ring B can be placed in almost any desired position, which is very convenient in handling and winding the watch, and produces less strain on the ring B.

Having thus fully described my invention,l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the ring B, provided with eyelets N N, of the ring E, provided with studs 1 l and nuts L L, and of the pendan D, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN THEODORE ROSSETTI.

Witnesses:

H. L. HowLE'r'r, JOSEPH HOPKINS. 

